MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 mm 96083434
003 DLC
005 20110914155045.0
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010 $amm 96083434
040 $aDLC$cDLC$edacs$dDLC
072 7 $aB$2lcmd
100 1 $aGladstone, William A.,$ccollector.
245 00 $aAfro-American military collection,$f1773-1987$g(bulk 1861-1865).
300 $a500$fitems.
300 $a5$fcontainers plus$a4$foversize.
300 $a3.6$flinear feet.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, pay vouchers, orders, muster rolls, enlistment and discharge papers, receipts, contracts, affidavits, tax records, miscellaneous military documents, and printed matter documenting African Americans in military service. The bulk of the collection concerns the Civil War service of the U.S. Corps d'Afrique (organized in 1863 and renamed U.S. Colored Troops in 1864). Documents from the American Revolution consist chiefly of pay vouchers of Connecticut African Americans serving in the U.S. Continental Army. Also includes documents pertaining to slavery and printed matter such as nineteenth century speeches and writings on slavery, government orders, broadsides, and twentieth-century booklets and journal articles.
541 $cPurchase,$d1995.
545 0 $aCollector.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bColored Troops.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bContinental Army$xAfrican American troops.
610 20 $aUnited States.$bCorps d'Afrique.
650 0 $aSlavery.
651 0 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xAfrican Americans.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xParticipation, African American.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xParticipation, African American.
656 7 $aCollectors.$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011131